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US officials defend strikes on Iran as a defensive measure

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    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -50% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -44% Negative

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45% : "American people deserve better and should take back their country," the Iranian minister continued in a post on X. Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, said Israel was "determined to act in their own defence," with or without US support.
40% : There was never any so-called Iranian 'threat'," adding that the "shedding of both American and Iranian blood" is therefore on Israel.
37% : Israel faced what it deemed to be an existential threat and the US then had "a very difficult decision to make," he said.
37% : Over 30 people were reported killed and over 100 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, while Israel's emergency services said 15 people were injured by rocket shrapnel in the southern city of Beersheba.
34% : " Araghchi said that "Mr. Rubio admitted what we all knew: U.S. has entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel.
30% : "They determined, because of the exquisite intelligence that we had, that if Israel fired upon Iran and took action against Iran to take out the missiles, then they would have immediately retaliated against US personnel and assets," Johnson said.
30% : " The United States and Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Iran on Saturday, sparking a regional escalation as Tehran fired missiles at US bases in several Gulf states.
12% : " Iran's Araghchi: US 'entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel' Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Rubio's comments showed that the US "entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel.

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